    <?php
    global $wpdb;
    $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT ID, post_title, post_password, comment_ID,
    comment_post_ID, comment_author_email, comment_author, comment_date_gmt, comment_approved,
    comment_type,comment_author_url,
    SUBSTRING(comment_content,1,30) AS com_excerpt
    FROM $wpdb->comments
    LEFT OUTER JOIN $wpdb->posts ON ($wpdb->comments.comment_post_ID =
    $wpdb->posts.ID)
    WHERE comment_approved = '1' AND comment_type = '' AND
    post_password = ''
    ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC
    LIMIT 5";
    $comments = $wpdb->get_results($sql);
    $output = $pre_HTML;
    $output .= "\n<ul>";
    foreach ($comments as $comment) {
    $output .= "\n<li>" .get_avatar($comment->comment_author_email, 32 ). "<div>"
    ."<span class='ccont'>" ." <strong> " .strip_tags($comment->comment_author) ." </strong> "
    ." on " . "<a href=\"" . get_permalink($comment->ID) .
    "#comment-" . $comment->comment_ID . "\" title=\"on " .
    $comment->post_title . "\">" . get_the_title($comment->comment_post_ID) ."</a>"
    ."<span class='exc'>" .strip_tags($comment->com_excerpt)."</span></span></div><div class='clearer'></div>" . "</li>";
    }
    $output .= "\n</ul>";
    $output .= $post_HTML;
    echo $output;?>
    <div class="clearer"></div>
